Where does “Marmortisch” come from?

Marmortisch (German) comes from German tisch, from Middle High German tisch, from Old High German tisc, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti — take; perceive.

Marmortisch (German): marble table

Definitions

  1. marble table

Ancestry of “Marmortisch”, step by step

Marmortisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantischtable a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level; specific uses include
2Middle High Germantisch
3Old High Germantiscplate
4Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
5Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
6Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
7Proto-Italicdikskō
8Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

via German Marmor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMarmormarble
2Latinmarmora block or piece of marble; pulverized marble,...
3Ancient Greekμάρμαροςcrystalline rock; marble
4Indo-European*mer-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ-